I got my hair cut!

Well hello! So Wednesday night after work I got my hair cut :) I took a before picture and then Thursday I took an after picture, which you can see below.

before

after

So because I know someone might ask, both of my shirts are from Old Navy. So I got the length too my shoulder blades, and then I did layers in the front that would frame my face and layers in the back. As you can see I trimmed my bangs ( fringe) to me a bit shorter. I really like it :)

Just a quickie blog today :) Have an awesome Friday everyone!

XoXo

Union Leader,
Pey

Get to know me - Beauty blogger survey!

Hey everyone so due too the fact I believe I am starting to get a little sick and my plans changed over the weekend I will not being posting what I really wanted to posted today which was a " Get ready with me" blog and I also have a killer headache right now but here are and I wanted to get at least one post in this week so I am doing beauty survey :) enjoy!

1. Is your hair curly or straight?

My hair is straight as a stick, I won't hold a curl at all.  One plus to my hair though is that it is super thick and lush. It not to dry or oily, basically on the perfect side :) I normally take a straightener to my hair just to make it extra extra straight.

 Yes to get my hair like that it takes a lot of work. As far as how I deal with the length and what not. I really like for my hair to be long. When I was in grade school my mom made me keep it short and I had bangs and I hated it. As I got to 5th grade I let my bangs grow out and I was " bang less" for a while and I had not layers. Then in middle school I still kept it bang less and had it cut to about the top of my shoulders and I did not straighten so I was really think and now that I am thinking about it, that hair style would probably have looked a lot better if I would styled it in some way ha! after that I let it grow out and get really long. When I to be 14 I got it cut and layered and had a side swoop.  I hated the side swoop but the rest of it I really like. Just before my 16th birthday I got my hair cut super short, it was cut to my chin and I got side bangs. Since then I have let it grow out as you can see. I have had it trimmed just to keep the split ends as bay and as well I have kept the side bangs. I look better ( or to me I do) with side bangs I got a big forehead so they compliment my face ha.  You can also see and learn about this outfit HERE

2. What is your natural hair color.

My natural hair color is auburn ( red) during the summer it gets lighter and it looks a lot like it does in the picture seen above.

3. Do you dye your hair your self or go to a salon?

I have never actually dyed my hair, so I do not believe that I can really answer this question.

4. Do you wear the same style everyday or do you change it up?

Well I tend to switch it up, my style is kinda all over the map some days I am very girl, some days I am rocking a band t' shirt with some jeans and a blazer or just the band t' shirt. How I dress just depends on what I am doing that day or how I feel.

As you can see here I am sporting one of my favorite bands, I wore this to work one day. As you can see I have jeans on and a Pink Floyd band t' I did wear a plain black blazer and a black with silver studs belt and gray knee high boots.














5. Do you do your own mani/pedi or do you go to a salon?

I have always done my own nails. I would love to have them done at a salon one day though.

6. How often do you change your nail polish?

I use to change it every week, now that I have gotten super busy I do my nails and toes when I can. But I normally never wear the same polish for more then a week on nails. If I paint my toe nails I just leave them that color just up to a month.

7. Do you polish your toes during the winter or just the summer?

I love doing my nails so I keep doing it all year. Plus where I live you can wear flip flops sometime during the winter so I like to keep them looking good.

8. how long does it take you to put on your makeup?

Ok this is going to be one long answer ha! If I am really wanting to look just amazing and glamorous just I am mean down right dolled up It can and has take me up to 1 hour. Now on a normal work day it takes me up too 45 minutes. If I am in a rush I can be done in about 10 minutes.

 this look right HERE is someting I whipped together in 45 minutes.














9. What do you do first, face or eyes?

face!

10.  Do you collect makeup or just buy what you need when you need it?

I kinda do both. Right now if you were too look at my makeup bag I have a ton of eye shadows but I really need to get me some more foundation. It just all depends. I normally ask for makeup for my birthday or Christmas and I figured out that way that I could get a lot of makeup and not have to worry about spending my own money on it ha.

12.  Do you do a full face of makeup everyday?

I do my makeup every day but Saturday and Sunday. I believe that your face need a break and a chance to breath. The only exception to that rule is if I am going out. If I am going out then I will put makeup on, now just staying home,  then I stay all freshed faced and clean.

13. Do you wear makeup when you are home alone or with your family?

Now you see I am going to reply in a complex way cause I am crazy with this ha. If I am with my parents and siblings I will go makeup free, I am with my favorite grandparents then I am also makeup free. now around my other family I wear makeup. If I am alone then I will not have an ounce of makeup on at all.

14. Will you leave the house with out makeup on?

I really really really hate to leave the house with out any makeup on. But I have do it a few times.

15. How many high-end products do you own?

I own too many to count

16. Do you plan your OOTD every night or decide when you are getting dressed?

A lot of the time I plan what I am going to wear the night before, but sometimes if I am too tired then I will get up and just get dressed. I really do not like doing that though. I much prefer to plan my outfits the night before simply because I have this problem where I will switch what I am wearing a million times and be rushing and that is not a good thing of course.

17. How often do you change your handbag?

Not very often which is a shame I have a ton of purses but I use the same purse for a while then one day I decided I want to change it. I need a big purse though cause I carry a lot around with me.

18. What time do you get up and go to sleep?

Monday:  wake up: 7 am - sleep: 11 pm
Tuesday: wake up: 7 am ( if the 3rd Tuesday of the month then I get up at 6:30) - Sleep: after 2 am
Wednesday:  wake up: 8am - sleep: between 7 and 9 pm
Thursday: wake up: 7 am - sleep: 11 pm
Friday: wake up: 7 am - I normally just go to bed when ever I am tired on Friday.
Saturday: wake up: what ever time I feel like - sleep:  what ever time I feel like
Sunday: wake up: what ever time I feel like - sleep: 11 or 12 pm

19.  How often do you workout?

once or twice a week, just depends on what I am doing that week.

20.  Left handed or Right handed?

I am dominantly right handed.

21. How tall are you?

I am 5'4  :)

22. Do you speak a foreign language?

I can speak bits and pieces of: French, Korean, Hebrew, Arabic, Italian, German

23. How many pets do you have?

Well I do not really have any pets, I use to have kittens and puppies when I was really little, and in my early teens I have 3 dogs and two cats.

24. How often are you on your blogger?

I get on here 3 days a week and I write a blog twice a week.

25. Do you read comments on your blog?

no comments yet lol

26.  Do you keep a list of products that you want to try as you try others?

No I have never really done that.

27. How did you come up with your blog name?

Well I am in love with the United Kingdom ( UK ) and my style is edgy. Since I use the Union Jack on my blog I thought " Hey why not " Union Edge" and so now here we are.

28. What kind of camera do you use?

I use my Ipod, or a Canon

29. How often do you clean your house?

I still live with my parents, so I really do not do a lot of the cleaning but I clean my room once a week, and I will clean other places in the house for my parents.

30. What is your favorite color?

Pink and in just about every shade, and black

31. Do you swear?

Yes ha, but it is very rear that I do, it kinda depends on who I am around.

32.  What are you doing the rest of the day?

Hmm lets see, I am going to finish work, type another blog, and see someone very special to me :)

Spring and layers

Hello darlings! I am here today with another blog ( YAY!) today it is all about spring and layers. I do not know about where y'all live but where I live the weather has been doing some crazy things. At some points it is nice and warm and other moments it is cold and you need something to keep you warm here it is how to stay stylish and looking amazing in layers for spring! :)

Wet Seal

Forver21

Payless

forever21

forever21

 

Forever21

As you can see for the bottoms I went with shorts and just kept it pretty simple with the dark denim, As for the top I wanted to add some color and pattern into the look. The shirt just screams " SPRING" too me and the colors look awesome! Since this is a layering look I went with a black cardigan that had a 3/4 sleeve too keep you nice and warm on the morning walk outside. For the shoes I thought a simple cork wedge peep toe would be nice and it will also elongate the legs ( Hey we for sure want that!) You all know that I love to nice the pretty and playful with the dark and edgy, I believe by adding the spiked purse you get that wonderful combination and that is why I picked that purse. The spikes are with out a doubt awesome. Since there is a lot going on in the outfit already with color and pattern I went with just a simple black cross ring. I think anyone can pull this look off and by fabulous darling!

As always I hope you are able to draw some inspiration from this outfit and of course I hope you enjoyed reading! Big thanks too everyone that reads, and had kept reading. Leave comments letting me know what you would do or would have done different. Please be sure to share with others and subscribe by email if you wish.

XoXo

Union Leader,
Pey

Things I want to try ( Beauty and Fashion)

So as a new goal of mine I want to try and something beauty or fashion related new each month....from a hair style all the way to a new fashion trend ( given that it looks good on me) I am going to try my hardest to set out of my comfort zone and try new things. So take a look below and see some of the things that I am going to try and at the start of each month I will show you what I am going to do and then show you how it turned out in my blog for the end of the month.

Ok so pretty much my goal is to do something different with my hair everyday because all I seem to do with it is just wear it straight and and I do something with it...like at all. So goal is to start doing something with it beside being plain Jane all the time.

Next goal or hopeful goal is to add some color and pattern to my shoes. all I seem to wear for my shoes is: gray, black, white...and no other colors, so I need to stop with that fashion habit.

color and pattern I am longing for more of this in my outfits as well. Bit it is something that I am working on very slowly.

Well Ladies that is my blog for today as always I hope you enjoy and please feel free to share and comment with others.  Of course big thanks to everyone and anyone that reads!

XoXo

Union Leader,
Pey

Short hair styles

Now I have pretty long hair and I love it, It is pretty much my comfort blanket. Today while I was reading the news I noticed that they said that " Short Hair styles"  were coming back into style now my thing is I cut my hair a couple of years ago and it was to about my chin and not it is super long and half way touching my bum. But the question I always asked my self when I had short hair was " What or how can I style it?"

A good bit of the time all I did for my hair when it was that short was straightening it, once I did curl it and it looked really cute as you can see in the picture below.

As you can see the curls were worn very loose and just a good look and natural looking. Also during this time I went through a bit of a pin-up loving phase and I still love pin-up. but with that amount of hair at I was not able to do a full on pin-up look so I came up with ways to get that look that I wanted. Once again you can see that below.

As you can see in this picture my hair looks as if it is long and very think. I have pretty thick hair already but, just so I could get this look I had to do a lot of teasing and curling. I starting out by curling my hair with hot rollers then I sprayed the hell out of it with hair spray and teases it a lot at the roots. Once I did all that I pulled it back and put it into a bun. It was an elegant look and perfect for a night out but lol with that shirt I was wearing I am not going any where but my room. haha!

A lot of time that I had my hair this short ( actually I worn it this way all the time) and this was also this first time in a very long time that I had side bangs for a while I had this very annoying side sweep that simply didn't look very good on my.

totally love this it is super cute and edgy.

I love Rihanna's style and this hair cut really fit here, and her " umbrella ella ella" days. 

ah I love the " pixie" cut. the people that can rock this look are so lucky!

Well ladies and gents, I enjoyed writing this blog I hope you enjoyed reading! Please be sure to share and comment what you think, and check back with my next week to see what kind of things I post :) and of course big thanks to everyone that reads my blog it really means a lot to me!

XoXo

Union Leader,

Pey

things I am loving: January 2013!

So I am super excited to start writing these blogs once a month about things I am loving in each month in either fashion or beauty. So lets start the blog!

Gypsy Flow Blouse - Pink Ice

I really like this top something about it just jumps at me and it just seems so flirty and fresh this will be perfect spring and summer.

British Invasion Knit - Pink Ice

Yep haha had to love this it is the union jack and I love this top I so want this!

Canvas Dot Skimmer - Wet Seal

How cute are these shoes. Oh these would be so all year around. Ah even cuter with a black blazer...my love for shoes continues.

Faux Suede Wedge - Wet Seal

These shoes are so cute :) love them. Black Wedges are great I am really really great because they pretty much go with everything and I like that also because I wear a lot of black and I love heels so yay :)

cherry on Top Tote - Fluff

How cute :) I actually thought about buying this this inside of the bag it is printed hehe so adorable.

Hula Cuties - Fluff

I love fluff bags I think they are just so cute and I own a good bit of them. totally love these bag they are well worth the price.

Eiffel Tower Earrings - forever21

I really like Pairs and these are just cute as could be ( ah I have been using the word " Cute" a lot in this blog)

Pointed Ring Set - Forever 21

These are just unique...I like them I think they add some new to whatever outfit you wear.

well this is my blog for today. I hope you all enjoyed it :) As always please be sure that you subscribe.

Things I am loving this month!

Hello beauties! So this is just going to be a laid back post, of things I am loving this month. After one hell of a week at work and being the fact that I have a huge headache right now, things are going to be simple so for this post and then stay tuned for the end of the blog I will be talking about some of the things I plan on doing for the new year! :)

Neutrogena - healthy skin concealer

This concealer is freaking amazing! My skin even looks a lot clearer now and love it.  I have been using it for about a month now, but I just really like it. The price is not bad at all, and I use a concealer brush when I put it on and it last for the whole day, so that is a win in my book.

MAC powder blush

I got some MAC powder blush and totally worth the money! I get such a nice glow using this and it not to dark but not to light, so you really do not have to put that much on. Of course I do not remember the name of my actual blush this color seen above is too dark for my skin tone.

Double Wear- Estee Lauder Liquid eyeliner

I did a review on this eyeliner along with a bunch of other Estee Lauder items. But I have been using this eyeliner almost every day that I do my makeup and it is just so amazing I can not rave about it enough.

Well to be honest this is not my actual nail polish that I have used but the idea is still the same haha! It is glitter nail polish :) I am really liking the glitter nail polish, it just brightens me up and it fits the season and really all year round plus I just really like glitter ( who doesn't ?)

Now I am really happy to talk a little about what I plan on doing for the new year :)  As of January 1, 2013 I plan on starting to do video blogs, more hauls, and even more makeup ideas! I even want to try and start up a youtube channel but we will just see how things go as of now and hopefully I gather more readers in the new years.

As for this blog I want to thank you all for reading, and be sure to comment, as well as subscribe by email.

XoXo

Union Leader,
Pey

Taylor and Cosmo ( what were you thinking?)

So yesterday during my lunch break I stopped to pick up a copy of Cosmo, I was highly disappointed. Cosmopolitan has ( and will always) be one of my biggest inspirations in fashion and I like swifts music but in two counts I am going to call them out on their choice in fashion.

who ever put together was not in their right mind. Taylor is seen above sporting Kelly Wearstler - Shopbop , Chan Luu, Vanessa Mooney. I really do not like this outfit, once again I do not know what they were thinking these two colors clash! Maroon and purple just do not go together at all and I have no idea what gave them the inspiration to do this it just looks really bad. No just so I am not all negative Nancy on this blog post the colors do work very well with her hair and skin tone, that is more then I can say for the next picture down below.

Swift killed it in this outfit and not in a good way. I think the nude colors of this dress just looks all to wrong with her hair and skin tone.  The shoes I like but I think that Taylor should have gone with more color. She is a pretty young lady that has beautiful fair skin and blonde hair and the least that she could have done is go with some color, like purple, red, light blue ( believe you get my point)

Now lets take a look at some of Taylor's better dressed moments.

These are just a few of Taylor swifts I think she has an amazing style and that she is stunning but I strongly think that cosmo make a mistake and that she made a mistake with that dress seen above. 

As always everyone I hope that you enjoyed reading and be sure to share what you think, also be sure to share with others. Till next time my little union be edgy!

XoXo

Union leader,

Pey

Outfit creation - Thanksgiving editon!

Happy late Halloween everyone and if you do not celebrate Halloween then happy late Wednesday :)
anyways before I ramble on lets start with the blog!

Since Thanksgiving is coming up on us pretty quick as well as Christmas and the New Year I will be posting  several blogs on some outfit creations for the Holidays, I know I want to look my up most best and I am sure you do. So now on to the creation!

As you can see for shirt I went with a mustered yellow, I really like the I guess we can call them burnt yellow colors because it looks so great in the fall, I know a lot of people start going with the browns and blacks. Don't get me wrong I love wearing those colors, but just because we are entering into the fall and winter months it doesn't mean that you have to fall pray to wearing the normal dark  colors.
For the jeans I went with a dark colored denim, I believe that it will compliment the shirt very well, and of course as you can see they are the " ripped" kinda which I totally just love. As for my jacket since it is a bit chilly out now, I went this this super pretty gray jacket that ties in the front. I really like the fact that it ties because it is something different from the normal jacket that buttons or zips up and I think that it has a nice fall feel to it, plus wearing this jacket being that it ties you have a great reason to eat more food ( yes I am a food junkie lol!) As you can see all the colors in this first part of the outfit blend really well together.

With Shoes, handbag, and jewelry I kept it pretty edge. With both the earrings and bracelet being black, I feel like both items make a statement but they are not over powering your outfit. For the shoes I just kept it simply with some black platform pumps. I feel like these will best compliment the outfit and really pull it together. As for my purse, I have a strong ( very strong) love for this bag, it is edgy and the studs just add this flare to it that I really like. You will for sure stand out from the crowd with this outfit, and hello your purse can double as a weapon hahaha! '

As always thank you for reading and please be sure to subscribe by email and share with others as well post your comments! Of course big thanks to everyone and anyone that reads my blog, stay tuned for more!

XoXo

Union Leader,
Pey

My Favorites in Fashion and Beauty!

I have lots of favorites but I figured that today I would break down my top six fashion and beauty favorites, three being beauty and the other three being fashion. So lets starts before I start to ramble on haha.

Whiskered Skinny Jeans - Forever 21

I love skinny jeans...for the love of all things if they are ripped I am twice as likely to buy them.  I first did not really like skinny jeans it was just something about them that made them look like they are just not comfortable, but wow I was really amazed. Of course I noticed that other girls were wearing them and to me I just did not want to conform and go with what everyone else was wearing but doing my back to school shopping in 7th grade I tried someone just to try them on and that is when the addiction on the skinny jeans started, it was also when my emo/scene days started but that is just a totally different story for a different time. Although I do have a rule for when I wear skinny jeans. NO tennie shoes whats so ever! I only wear uggs ( yes I still wear uggs lol ) boots/ heeled boots, Ballet flats, or flip flops.  I feel like wearing tennie shoes with skinny jeans it just looks weird or atleast it looks weird on me haha.

spiked bow uber platform pump - charlotte russe

Ok all in all I love a good pair of pumps these are just extra cute because they have the spikes and that adds a bit of flare to them. I am kinda short, or least I feel short haha I am  5'4 but in general I love a good pair of heels. They make me feel tall and sexy! Of course who does not want to feel that but also they make my legs look even longer. For a short girl ( ok normal size I guess lol!) I pretty long legs so that is a plus. But I love heels the taller the heel the better!

BLTD Lace Peasent top - Rue 21

I have for some reason really been loving lace. I have no clue why but I over the summer got a lace top and from there on out I just feel in love it. I know some people may think it have this old lady feel to it but done up and worn in the right way it looks really well. I have this classic feel to it and if you pair it with a leather jacket or some spiked heels you can have an edgy style that is girly and chic yet so vintage and edgy and something about that just speaks to me, that I really like.  None of that probably made any since lol but to me it does and if you love lace like I do then you might be able to understand at least half of what I said lol!

mega hair spray mega hold - aussie

This hair spray smells so good, and it really works. Aussie in general is a really good brand and I can highly recommend using it but ah it just smells so freaking good. The other night I curled my hair so that in the morning I would not have to worry about and sprayed it with some of this hair spray and WOW! It held all night long woke up and had the same great hair still, now I must say that is the clear way or saying that this product works.

Time zone - Estee lauder

To wrinkle or not to wrinkle...ha not wrinkle! haha This product is really great of of course as I stated in a one of my other blogs I am only 17 and I do not have wrinkles but none the less it is never to early to start. I use this in the morning because it has spf and it makes my skin feel super soft. I know it cost a lot of money but this is something that I would recommend getting it is well worth the money.

style elements  flat iron

I actually have no idea where you can get this flat iron, because I got it for Christmas but I use this thing everyday ( no joke)  It works really well and it heats up so fast, I actually curl my hair with this flat iron and it works really well. So two thumbs up from me :)

As you can see these are my top favorites of  fashion and beauty. As always I hope you enjoyed reading please feel free to subscribe by email, and send to others ( share the edge! )

XoXo

Union Leader,
Pey